2 Samuel 22:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.”
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BSBPD
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He sendeth from above--He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
- Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
- Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
- Lamentations 3:54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
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